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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Mr.. Zwanzig of the Her0ld of this city
made speech on Thursday week to an
neutrality-suspicious. meeting In Chica-
go. The press report of his remarks says
A Mr. Zwanzig, who was introduced as a
country editor, next addressed the meeting.
He spoke In German, and denounced the
| finding of the courts, and said the German
press of the country believed in their inno-
cence and protested against their being
hanged as accessories TO crime they knew
nothing Of.
Mr.. Zwanzig's statements of German
sentiment are not always to be relied
upon, as has been frequently found in local
elections in this city and county, Accord
ing to Mr.. Zwanzig the Germans are all
like Mr. Zwanzig himself they want the
earth and all there Is In IT.; whereas, In
fact, they are, as whole, a very reasonable
body of citizens, and, so far as this county
is concerned, at least, a most desirable body
of citizens, and very far removed from
anarchism, intel nationalism or any Of the
numerous isms that threaten the destruc-
ton of government or the social fabric.
Besides, the Chicago Freie Presse in direct
reply to Mr.. Zwanzig says
The real fact is that outside the anar-
chist sheets there is not single German
paper in the State of Illinois or through
out the entire country which does not
strongly maintain the full justice of the
anarchist verdict. A portion of the respect
able German press have, however, and
from the commencement, favored COM
mutation of the death sentence to a long
term of imprisonment, this being done
principally for oppositions sake. At the
present juncture even this portion of the
German press have been so impressed and
disguised with the senseless rawlings and
threatenings of the anarchists that they
unanimously demand the death penalty.
The entire German press of the country
are of the opinion that the mercy of com
mutation to imprisonment should only be
voucbsafed when the convicted men them
selves pray for 1t, acknowledge their re-
pentance, or at least admit that the crime
they committed was worthy of death &C
cording to the law.
So that Mr.. Zwanzig states an untruth,
deliberately; or because he sees German
sentiment" only through the glass of his
own views of the anarchists and their bane-
full ism; or because he has the absurd no
ton that he is on the road to national no
toriety by espousing an outrageous anach-
ronism. Mr.. Zwanzig should become an
American before he presumes to lead
Americans. If America and its institu-
tons are not good enough for him, no one
will shed tears If he will but pack up his
bag and baggage and move out America
has no room for immigrants who use her
liberties as a cloak to stab her in the back.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

With no elections of her own on hand,
save the county affair In Cook county, ILL
nois has time to watch somewhat the in
tensely exciting canvasses in New York,
Ohio and Iowa, in all of which States the
republicans have been wont to gather in
the stakes of the game with ease, the play
having just enough of excitement to give
1t healthy interest without Involving the
danger Of losing the ante" This year,
however, in all these States the game is
not so sure. In New York the republicans,
" Me too Plat being manager, find that
the result clearly hinges on the showing of
votes made by the George party, and natur.
ally they are doing all in their power to en-
courage the George movement. 1t is q
dangerous game to play; but the machine
under Plat has recovered Its ancient vigor
and mastery and stops at nothing to reap
success. 1t is to be hoped the State will
not reap the fruits of their sowing of drag.
on's teeth. In Ohio the democrats have no
serious hopes of carrying the State; but it
is undeniable that Foraker's vituperation
and indecent assaults on the President and
his. opponent POWELL as we'll as his frantic
efforts to resurrect the sectional issue, have
cost him great many votes. The fact
that Foraker has become particularly vim
dictive and personal in his canvass is
looked upon as an admission that he is
hard pressed. The democrats, meantime,
have lost some advantages by blunders,
some of which have been particularly un-
fortunate. In Iowa, special says the
republicans are alarmed at the result of
the poll of townships and districts just
finished, and this week DR.. Beardsley of
Des Moines, manager of the republican
campaign, for the first time In the history
of Iowa politics, 1t is said, found it neces-
sary to Issue circular in which he says
that the totals of the poll have bad look :;
that there is danger of defeat unless full
party vote is polled, and summons his party
to the rescue.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

The republicans of this district have al
ready begun the battle for the congressional
honors at the disposal of the district In
1883. The FrJe Press at Streator, having
decided with startling frmness and alacrity
that Hon. Henry Mayo, of Ottawa, cannot
be candidate, says that the nomination by
right belongs to VIII county, and names
Marshall as the man. The Joliet Sun an.
nounces q hearty second and not only
says theirs is the right but that they de.
mand and will have the nomination or bolt
and run man of their own; while little
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Grundy remarks that "Grundy will never
endure such politics. especially as she has
"some good men of her own" Kendall
and DuPage are yet to hear from. But
amid all the din, however, nothing is more
marked than the unanimity with which all
these honorable men agree to take Col.
Plumb at his word and consent to his re-.
tirement.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Many of the car wheels now used are
made of paper. Here's chance for some
more tall lying acout paper circulation
YoHkers Statesman,
Generally speaking, woman's praise OF
another woman means about as much as
yours faithfully" at the end of letter.
lSOmerUiHe Journal.
A man may go to Heaven and have
feathers on his wings, but he can't hold a
picnic plate on his knees without sitting
pigeon-toed.-Duluth Photographer.
The basso profundo may not be anything
of q sailor, but he Is at home on the deep
C.--BurliRgton Free Press.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29
A POSSIBLE PRESIDENT,

1t is one of the curious facts of American
politics that most men have been elected to
important Legislative and executive offices
on their past records and not on the merits
of questions of public policy still open for
discussion and settlement at the time of
their election. In the heat of campaign,
the basis of the argument for or against a
man is not las it should be-, what will he
do after his election? but, what has he done
In the past! True, since the past is def
mite fact and can be known of all men, il
may be, in a measure, Indicates of a
mans future acts; while the future is un-
certain and indefinite. Yet in politics II Is
not so uncertain as II would seem. Present
issues are definite, and their future settle
ment Is thing certain; because the In
definite future will be definite present.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

This means, If 1t means anything, that
the republicans are prepared to resist any
measure looking toward the reduction of
the revenue that the democrats may pro-
pose, 1t is just possible, however, that
when the republican party finds out just
what the Free Press has laid down as the
party policy, 1t may reform and agree with
Mr.. Free Press; but we are afraid II wont.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

On Friday last Amer Green, charged
with the murder of one Luella Mabbitt.
was taken from the county jail at Delphi,
Ind, by mob, and hanged to tree. The
affair has caused great excitement in the
neighborhood, and drew from Gov. Gray
sharp and scathing reprimand of the
Sheriff who failed to prevent the disorder.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

Twenty Indians of the Gros Ventre tribe
IN Montana have started out on d thieving
raid; and the settlers are alarmed at the
temper of their Crow neighhors, who ap-
pear to be uneasy. 1t is not often an In
dian outbreak takes place just at the be-
ginning OF winter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

The arguments in application for writ
of error to the U. S. Supreme court in the
anarchist case began on Thursday at
Washington. MIR. j.. Randolph Tucker
made the argument for the writ Attorney
Gen. Hunt representing the state IGen. B.
F. Buffers brief In behalf of the anarchists
was filed Yesterday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

On Thursday last the corner stone of a
monument to Gen. r. E. Lee was laid with
appropriate ceremonies at Richmond. The
Grafton was by Col. Chas. Marshall, former
ly aide.de-camp to Gen. Lee.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

The Republican says the Hon. W. D.
(Pig- irony Kelley is not leader In the
republican party! Next 1t will be telling
us that Pennsylvania is not republican
State and that Foraker is not republican
candidate for governor of Ohio.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

erly fumigated, and that the unusual clean
illness of these Italians excited his ad-
miraton.''
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-29

On "Wednesday evening Secretary
Wines, OF the state board Of public chart
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13

PENETRATING Power OF LIGHT. If it
were possible to rise above the atmosphere
which surrounds the earth, we should see
nothing but an intense and sharply defined
ball of fire while everything else would be
wrapped in total darkness. There could
be no diffusion OF light without an atmos-
phere or some similar medium for it TO act
upon. This would undoubtedly be the
case to an observer on the moon. The mo-
ment the " sun goes down upon the moon
intense darkness prevails; there is no twl-
light there, because the moon has no at
mosphere- If the air around Us upon the
earth extended to a hight of 7o0 miles, the
rays Of the sun could not penetrate it, and
we would he left in darkness. AT the depth
of 200 feet in the ocean the light ceases al
together, one-half of the light being abb
sorbed in passing through seven feet Of the
purest water.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
ooNrRABANp CIGARS.
How Foreign Goods are Struggled Int
American Ports.

How Foreign Goods are Struggled Into
American Ports.
New YORK, April 12th.-The Custom
house authorities here are making desper-
ate efforts to break up the extensive bust
ness done in smuggled cigars on steamers
running to Cuba and the West Indian
ports. To-day an extensive seizure of
cigars was made. As soon as the Santiago
arrived in port everything on the vessel
was sealed up by the Custom house officers,
who then went through the ship and found
concealed, in various parts. 1869 cigars and
7S bundles Of cigarettes. The Captain was
sent for. and explained that he merely
signed the manifest as placed before him
by the Pursr, who made it up at the quar-
antine. The explanation was satisfactory.
The following additional seizures were
added to the list in the Treasury Agents
office; Steamer Cienfuegos, 1000 cigars !:
Niagara, 1,400; City of Alexandria, 800 !;
Saratoga, l, 400 cigars and 500 cigarettes.
All the goods were entered on the ships
manifests as stores"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
ELECTION YESTERDAY.

A Light Vote Throughout the State, and
the Amendments Probably Defeated.
The dispatches received up to late hour
this morning, giving results of yesterdays
vote upon the proposed amendments to
the Constitution show that Amendments
Nos. and are certainly defeated by a
large majority, and No. 8 has probably
failed of adoption, but with much less
opposition. The vote was very light in
nearly every section of the State A por
ton of our election dispatches received last
night ere over the postal telegraph sys-
tenn. The dispatches reduced to tabular
results give the following figures:
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
French Morals 900 Years Ago.

In an article entitled "A Great Poll
tician," in the April Cosmopolitan, James
Breck Perkins, the author of France
Under Richeiieu and Mazarin, SAYS:
Those who believe that times and morals
grow worse, and that our sins are as our
forefathers' and much more abundant
would do well to study the social condition
of past ages. The seventeenth century was
not one of special immortality in French
history, but Retz welded an extraordinary
power, and filled his position as acting
Archbishop OF the great diocese of Paris
with success, though his life was one OF
ayowed and unblushing prohigaey. He
had no religious belief; he gave his days to
plotting and his nights to intrigue; he
went from the celebration of the mass to
the house of his mistress, and he has left
memoirs dedicated to some of his lady
friends, in which his amatory exploits are
described with the heart of Don Juan and
the pen OF Zola.
Madame de Chevreuse had q Young
daughter Of great beauty, and she became
the mistress of the future Archbishop. The
mother approved the intrigue, even if she
did not devise it, as means of obtaining
political power. The two acutest intellects
among the Frondeurs were thus bound
closely together. Rival beauties tried in
vain to overthrow this influence. TELL
the true reason why you will not leave
Paris ?' said a duchess to the Archbishop
" You cannot leave your nymphs" Then
she continued that she could not see why
he should amuse himself with an old
woman who was more wicked than the
devil and young woman who was more
foolish than the mother was bad
RetZ tells US in bis memoirs that Mile.
de Chevreuse was as foolish as she was
beautiful, but her fortune was bound up in
many of the political combinations of the
day. One great alliance against Mazarin
waa to be eemented by her marriage to a
Prince of the house Of Conde; another
league was to be based on her marriage
with nephew of the Cardinal. and the
chosen heir 10 his possessions, but political
changes prevented one match and death
anticipated the second before the frail
beauty could become bride.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
A Pluokr Woman.

a case OF extraordinary pluck upon the
part of woman occurred at the Jefferson
Medical College a short time ago. The
lady applied TO have a tumor removed
from her arm. The physicians decided to
have the operation performed in the pres
ence of the students, and when the hour
for the clinic arrived the lady was invited
into the amphitheater. The doctors told
her they would have TO administer ether,
as the operation would prove so very pain
ful. She refused TO allow this TO be done,
and then the physicians tried to induce her
10 take glass of brandy, which she like
wise refused. They next offered her a glass
of wine, but the lady simply waved it
away, saying that she would be able to un-
dergo the operation.
The doctors consulted for q moment and
decided TO take the woman st her word
and go ahead. They barred her arm to the
shoulder, laid her on her side. and then
buried the knife in the flesh. cut big cash
over six inches in length, pulled the bleed
ing pieces apart, removed the tumor,
scraped the bone and then sewed the parts
together. During all this time the patient
never moved. Not a cry escaped her, and
as she gritted her teeth her face became as
white as a sheet. The physicians and stu
dents looked on with amazement at the
plucky woman, and marveled how she
could endure the terrible suffering without
a whimper. After the operation was con-
cluded DR.. Brinton, turning to the 600 stu
dents, said There is not a man among
you who could have stood this operation as
heroically as this woman. Philadelphia
Record.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13

HORSEPOWER OF WHALES TAIL-In
| a recent lecture, Professor VIM. Turner, of
Edinburgh University, gave the speed of
the Greenland whale as nine or ten miles
an hour, and that of the great finner whale
as probably twelve miles. One of the latter
animals was stranded on q British coast
some years ago, and was found to have a
length of eighty feet, weight of seventy.
four tons, and width of tail of eighteen
to twenty feet. With these data, the builder
of the Anchor line steamships calculated
that. in order to attain a speed of twelve
miles an hour. this whale must have exer-
cised 3 propelling force Of 145 horse power.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13

DR.. NJ. H. Hinsdale, Kewanee, H., ad.
vises US of remarkable cure of consump.
ton. He says: "a neighbor's wife was
attacked with violent lung disease, and pro-
nounced beyond help from Quick Con-
sumption. As last resort the family was
persuaded to try DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam
for the Lungs. To the astonishment of all,
by the time she had used one-half dozen
bottles she was about the house doing her
own work. l saw her at her worst and had
no idea she could recover
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13

The sewage Of London, amounting to
nearly 200, 100000 gallons day, is carried
by the great sewers twelve miles to huge
storage reservoirs at Barking and Cross
ness on opposite sides of the Thames,
where it is treated with one grain per gallon
of sodium manganate and few grains of
chloride Of lime After precipitation of
the solid matter, the effluent is discharged
into the river at ebb tide, in clean and
odorless tyet far from wholesome) con-
dition.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
A GOOD HAUL.
Whole Election Board Arrested fol
BaIlot-box StufIing.

JERSEY CRY, April 12th.-The entir,
Election Board of the eighth precinct, sec
ond district, was arrested this afternoon
for tampering with the ballot-box. At the
noon recess policeman saw Clerk Dolan
putting the registry book into the ballot
box book, containing about thirty Demo
cratic tickets The tickets were folded,
and several dropped into the box before
the Clerk could be arrested. Murphy took
the registry book out and found that about
twenty-five tickets had been carefully
folded and placed between the leaves. i
number of citizens witnessed the attempt,
and great excitement prevailed for time.
The officer sent for assistance, and the en-
tire Board, together with the ballot-box
and registry book, were taken to the police
station. Subsequently new Election
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
Many Homes Destroyed and Lives Los
by Prairie Fires.


Many Homes Destroyed and Lives Lost
by Prairie Fires.
ATcHIsoN Kan. J, April 12th.-A special
to the Champion says: The reports con-
corning the destruction of life and property
caused by the great prairie fire that swept
over the eastern portion of Norton and
Graham counties on Saturday last are vet
meagre, but enough is known to appal the
stoutest hearts. The fire started near Nico.
demus, in Graham county The wind
which was blowing forty miles an hour,
carried the flames over and through the dry
grass at frightful speed. The general
destruction of property commenced neal
Roscoe, in Graham county. Here the fire
spread over the country for fully two and a
half miles in width, and as the wind car
ried it north it was constantly spreading
until it was seven miles wide, where il
crossed the north fork of Solomon river
three miles east of Dinsmore A few houses
were burned, and every stable with their
stacks of hay and cribs of grain was
burned, leaving hundreds of farmers al
most destitute.
IT is A PITIFUL SIGHT
To pass over the burned district and see
the thousands of burned chickens, turkeys
and hogs, with occasional horses and nu-
merous cattle. Almost every farmer lost
from so to 500 bushels of corn, besides
other grain. 1t is definitely known that
from 13 to 16 lives were lost in the two
counties, but the names have not been
learned. -Four children perished in one
family. How far the fire extended north
from Solomon is not known, but it must
have travelled long distance.
HFARTRENDING SCENES
At the same time another fire swept
down the south fork of the Solomon to a
point near A1illbrook, sweeping everything
in its path, and burning six persons to death
father, mother and four children-and q
large number OF cattle horses, hogs and
poultry. In one instance a woman prema.
turely gave birth to a child. When the
fire was discovered approaching her hus.
band took her in his arms and started fol
some plowed ground, but before he reached
it the woman's clothing was on fire. He
succeeded in putting it out and saving hel
life. The babe, less than an hour old, was
with the other members of the family
saved, but the house and other property on
the farm was destroyed
Hundreds of narrow escapes could be re-
lated. Saturday was a frightful dav, anc
one long to be remembered by a great many
families in Newton and Graham counties
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
THE RAILROAD LAW.
An Ironclad Long and Short Haul Rule
ImnracticabIs

NEW YORK, April 12th.-In talk with a
Tribune reporter about the interstate COM
merce law, Commissioner Albert Fink, of
the Trunk-line Association, said ''It is
impossible to adapt the tariffs of this coun-
try to a strict long -and-short-haul rule 7
think the decision made by the Commits
sion was wise one in giving relief to roads
which could not have complied with the
long -and-short-hau rule. The Commits
sion had to choose between the bankruptcy
of whole system of railways and running
the commerce of that section of country
which is now properly and satisfactorily
served under the existing tariffs. Its de-
cision is temporary-untii such time as it
can further investigate the subject-and the
suspension of the rule does not prevent
those parties who feel aggrieved from apply
ing TO the Commission for relief"
ANOTHER CONCESSION MADE.
ST.. LOUIS. April 12th.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission has made the same
concession to the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road as it made to the L. and n, in respect
to the long and short haul in connection
with the water way competition. The
road is now using IFS old tariffs.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-13
ANornER coNcEgsIoN MApE.
A {" COLD SHAKE
Henry Georges Friend Finds no Favor
in Cincinnati.


in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, April 12th.-Dr McGlynn
arrived this morning. Some OF his friends
desired to introduce him to representative
business men of the Chamber of Com
merce, and to that end asked Major John
Byrne. of the Chesapeake and Ohio road,
to make the introduction. Major Byrne
declined, saying that, as Catholic, loyal
to the precepts and authority of his
church, he had no sympathy with Dr.
McGlynn's position; and that, as good
citizen, he could not in any sense recog-
nize the false theories which the doctor
was attempting to propagate. AS men,
ber of the Chamber of Commerce, the
same views compelled him to decline.
Others who were approached took the
same position, and thus DR.. McGlynn was
not visitor on Change.